I'm teetering on the brink of giving up coffee. In the past few months on 2-3 occasions I've woken up and felt like I was run over by a train. It felt coffee related so each time I quit coffee cold turkey. The first day's an epic struggle in which I barely function, but by day 3 I'm fine again.

I like coffee and living in Europe it's become part lifestyle where I pop in a cafe to bide my time, chat with people in the neighborhood, or read the paper.

At home I was making stove top espresso with a Bialetti 3 cup. I guess typically I could have 2 of those a day (so technically 6 cups) plus maybe a cortado or cafe con leche out in a bar. But I didn't feel like the 3 cups was that much (I work from home) hence I might have 2 3 cup servings in a day because volume wise it's not that much. I have a single cup Bialetti but it's so small that I'm always kind of meh.

I cut my consumption to make sure I wasn't drinking too much and liked feeling cleansed or purged which is why I'm considering giving up coffee.

But I like coffee and enjoy the ritual, especially working, how you get that buzz of invincibility and feel you could and often do tackle anything.

So I'm writing to see if anyone has had a similar struggle and if maybe downgrading to something like drip coffee would keep me in the game.

I drink tea now but don't really love it. I don't mind sipping cold coffee but cold tea sucks.